Eucalyptus luteola is a species of mallee that is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It has smooth grey bark with rough greyish ribbons near the base, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of eleven to thirteen, lemon-coloured flowers and cylindrical to barrel-shaped fruit.
Eucalyptus luteola is a mallee that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth grey bark with rough and greyish ribbons at the base. Young plants have egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves that are up to Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of slightly glossy green on both sides, linear to narrow lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, tapering to a petioleШаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils on a flattened, unbranched peduncleШаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on pedicelsШаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are spindle-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a horn-shaped operculum about three times as long as the floral cup. Flowering occurs from February to April and the flowers are lemon-coloured. The fruit is a woody cylindrical to barrel-shaped capsuleШаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus luteola was first formally described in 1991 by Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper from a specimen collected by Hopper near Lake King in 1985. The description was published in the journal Nuytsia.[3][4] The specific epithet (luteola) is a Latin word meaning "pale yellow", referring to the flower colour.[3][5]
Distribution and habitat
This mallee is found in undulating country between Hyden and Ravensthorpe where it grows in sandy soils.[1][3]
Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" in Western Australia by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[1]
